What is the scientific name for the spotted hyena?

The scientific name for the spotted hyena is Crocuta crocuta.

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Where can you find spotted hyenas in Kruger National Park?

How do spotted hyenas hunt?

Are spotted hyenas social animals?

What do spotted hyenas eat?

Are spotted hyenas endangered?

Are spotted hyenas dangerous to humans?

What is the gestation period for spotted hyenas?

Can you hear spotted hyenas laughing?

How can you tell the difference between male and female spotted hyenas?

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At what age are lions sexually mature?

What is the most dangerous animal in Africa?

What is the lifespan of a baboon?

Do Thick Tailed Bushbabies demarcate their territory?

What is the potential life span of a leopard?

When do young lions become independent?

How often do elephants give birth?

What are the Thick Tailed Bushbabies enemies?

Are the senses of a lion well developed?

What is the distribution of lions in the Kruger Park?

How do Vervet Monkeys communicate and are they aggressive?

Are leopards territorial?

Where can I find impalas in Kruger National Park?

Does a pride of lions accept a stranger?

Is there a way that one lion or lioness could avoid aggression from another?

What does a Thick Tailed Bushbaby look like?

What do impalas eat?

How do leopards manage to get very heavy prey into a tree?

What is a Mountain Reedbuck?

What do porcupines eat?

Why to male lions kill cubs that are not their own?

Do lions hide during rainy weather?

What is the general behaviour of a Vervet Monkey?

Does the male or the female lion initiate copulation?

Will a lioness allow cubs other than her own to suckle?

Can you hear spotted hyenas laughing?

What is the gestation period and life span of a Vervet Monkey?

When do leopard cubs become independent?

Do leopards returns to the prey left in a tree?

Do baboons have a specific breeding time?

What do Suni eat?

What is the breeding season for impalas?

Do baboons have a specific leader and how is dominance established?

Can lions swim?

How can I increase my chances of seeing mammals in Kruger National Park?

How do spotted hyenas hunt?

Do lions move around during the day?

Are Brown Hyenas dangerous?

Can elephant tusks grow back?

What are some of the interesting facts about the impala found in the Kruger Park?

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